Contact me if you need help with:

 

• Grad school applications

• Undergrad applications

• Cover letters

• Grant materials

• Applications to residencies, workshops, and creative intensive programs

• Website copy

• Letters of intent

• Artist statements

• Applications to any opportunity that requires you to explain why YOU should be picked

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How does it work?

All meetings can take place remotely using phone calls, zoom or FaceTime chats, google docs and email. While all people work at different paces, I generally find that a few hours of one-on-one time with me is enough time for you to gather the tools you need to write something with confidence, and even joy. Sliding scale. Email alanna.coby@gmail.com for price details when you're ready to get started!

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Testimonials

"I liked to think I knew it all and I didn't need help from nobody, but then I had to write an admissions essay for Grad school applications nearly a decade after Undergrad. Painful as it was, Alanna was a huge help in cutting for clarity and getting to the point of what I was writing while maintaining my voice and permitting only select creative grammar choices. I got into the one and only program I applied for and working with Alanna set me up for the critical writing I had ahead of me. Alanna was non-judgmental and fun to work with, she helped me articulate my ambitions and helped me stay on topic. Highly recommended for writing and company."

                                                                                                  -Jackie Rivera, Pratt Institute Performance + Performance Studies MFA class of 2020

 

"Alanna is an extraordinary editor. When applying for university teaching positions, I was unsure how to present myself. Alanna took my jumble of words and crafted them into an articulate and powerful statement about my pedagogy and practice. Because of her editing, I received interviews and highly positive feedback on my applications. Since connecting with Alanna, I have worked with Arcadia University, Duke University, Bates College, and Rutgers University." 

                                                                                                                                                            -Katherine Wilkinson, director & teaching artist

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"I came to Alanna with a draft of my MFA application essay and no idea how it was stacking up. Alanna completely oriented me -- to what was legible, what felt superfluous, and what was the most compelling part of my case for why anyone should admit me. In a single phone conversation, she asked the exact right clarifying questions that transformed my first draft into something clearly crafted and that specifically addressed why I should go to grad school now. Alanna's guidance definitely contributed to me not only getting in but having some choices of where to go, so that I was able to choose the exact right fit for me. Seriously, get her input on your stuff -- you will not regret it."

                                                                                                                                            -Hal Cosentino, UT Austin MFA in Playwriting class of 2025

                                                                                                                                       

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